Few anglers are looking forward to Friday as the forecast is for south winds and lots of rain. However, he like many other skippers won't be sailing on Friday due to the forecast.
ANNUAL GOVERNOR'S SURF FISHING TOURNAMENT SET FOR SUNDAY AT ISLAND BEACH STATE PARK FALL FISHING TRADITION MOVES TO THE SPRING FOR FIRST TIME 14 P42 TRENTON Island Beach State Park will host the 23rd annual Governor's Surf Fishing Tournament this Sunday, May 18, marking the first time in the competition's storied history that it will be held in the spring, Department of Environmental Protection DEP Commissioner Bob Martin announced.Anglers will have an opportunity to land some striped bass and bluefish and be recognized for their fishing prowess.
Following is a press release about a Father's Day weekend free fishing tournament in the Wildwoods On Father's Day Weekend, June 13 15, 2014, The Wildwoods, New Jersey will host The Wildwoods Beach N Boat Fishing Challenge the first ever mini fishing tournament of the Jersey Shore Beach N Boat Fishing Tournament.The Wildwoods Beach N Boat Fishing Challenge is a three day Tournament that welcomes participants to fish for an hour, a day or all 44 hours of the mini tournament.
For the first time in years, there's spring blitz fishing for bluefish along the Shore.Rather than dealing with all the trebles on the plug, I switched to a bunker colored Run Off Sand Eel jig.
There were some significant changes in fisheries on Mother's Day as surf fishing came to life and both stripers and blues began hitting in the ocean.Last year I made my first surf attempt in May, and caught a 28 inch bass on one of my first few casts.
The fog wasn't as dense this morning in Raritan Bay, and it turned out to be a beautiful day.Capt. Stan Zagleski had the opposite report from his Elaine B. out of Highlands as he did well on the morning ebb before the bite shut off later.
It s not often that recreational fishermen get any good news from the National Marine Fisheries Service NMFS , but that agency did have some as regulations for bluefin tuna were set this week.Tournament season is springing into high gear.
Following is Friday's column as submitted SL5 9 14Ristori for FridaySCHOOL TUNA ANGLERS GET A BREAK FROM NMFSby Al RistoriIt's not often that recreational fishermen get any good news from the National Marine Fisheries Service NMFS , but that agency did have some as regulations for bluefin tuna were set this week.As of yesterday, boaters registered in the Angling category can now take advantage of the over and under bag limits previously only granted to the Charter Headboat category.The Spring Hi Mar Striper Club Striped Bass Tournament will be contested from 5 30 a.m. to 4 p.m. next Saturday out of Bahrs in Highlands.
As noted in my earlier blog, trolling seemed to be the best bet Wednesday in Raritan Bay.As the ebb tide started running, we got off the anchor to troll Stretch plugs.
Capt. Rob Semkewyc said clamming from his Sea Hunter out of Atlantic Highlands was back in shape after several poor days when wind was a problem.He used both the large white and chartreuse Tony Maja bunker spoons, and couldn't tell which color was better.
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